This is the first time I've made an egg yolk-based buttercream and I must say. The making of Joconde (not the La Joconde in Louvre Museum) is like a genoise, but with extra egg whites folded into it, thus making it lighter and porous - readily absorbing all the coffee syrup.ĭon't worry about the extra egg yolks though, because they are used to make the French buttercream.  The Opera Cake recipe is adapted from Joe Pastry. Because my joconde does not have any chocolate in it, it is of a pale yellow colour, which makes it look quite different from Angelina's Opera Cake. For my version of Opera Cake, it consists of almond biscuit soaked in coffee, crunchy praline biscuit and mocha buttercream.  I've always loved the sleek and professional looks of Kenwood stand mixers, so you can surely imagine how ecstatic I was when the Kenwood Chef Sense arrived at my doorstep.īefore I go into the specifications of the Kenwood Chef Sense, let's come back to the cake! The cake I've chosen to recreate is Angelina's Opera Cake (here's a photo), which consists of 'almond chocolate biscuit ( joconde) soaked in coffee, crunchy praline biscuit, coffee and milk chocolate mousse'. Owning a stand mixer is my dream but I thought I will only get one after we moved into our new house in Singapore next year, but the dream came early! And close friends of mine will know that Kenwood has always been my preferred brand when it comes to stand mixers (I'm really not lying about this). Last month Kenwood invited me to be part of their challenge to recreate one of my favourite cakes or pastries from one of Singapore's popular patisseries with their new Kenwood Chef Sense and I couldn't be any more honoured and excited!

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It matters to see/read/hear the content ahead of the mistakes in spelling or sentence structure.  Some of the best writing in history is by individuals who cater to their spoken dialects, giving voice to grammatically “incorrect” usage deliberately, and powerfully.Īccuracy is not more critical than power in writing. It’s great that any of us can identify typos and mistakes in published writing, but that skill doesn’t make anyone inherently superior as a human being. This is the attitude that curbs risk-taking in writing. This attitude is the one from which kids shrink. When we put presentation of the writing ahead of the content, we are paying attention to manners ahead of the person. When people prioritize grammar and pride themselves on a flawless understanding of the system, however, their corrections can produce feelings of insecurity, fear, and even anger which work against the free flow of ideas needed to write well. The worst side of grammar instruction, though, is the way it creates snobbery in/condescension toward writing. Enhancing that skill through an understanding of grammar is fine (good, necessary at some point), but it is no substitute for the writing voice. Native speakers are already quite skilled in sentence construction. Likewise, in writing, creative story-telling, inspired vision, quality vocabulary, and masterful recreation of facts does not come from understanding the structure of a sentence. Mechanics in sports enhance talent and contribute to skill, but they do not replace hunger to play, commitment, the willingness to risk, and the energy to win!  Knowing how your language functions is fabulous! It’s like knowing the mechanics of a sport-talent gets you a good distance, but mastering the mechanics takes you further, still.īut if you started teaching sports through mechanical perfection, and never let your kids play the game until they showed mastery of the mechanics for any given position, you’d not see much interest in athletics.  Studies don’t show that grammar instruction is bad or wrong-only that the systems of grammar instruction used in traditional education have had a deleterious effect on the freedom of self-expression children feel when asked to write (from scratch- original writing).Ī grasp of grammar can be fascinating and useful to anyone interested in the systems of language.

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